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As U.S. Begins Airstrikes in Afghanistan,
Investors Pour Money Into Defense Firms

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Hollister H. Hovey Dow Jones Newswires

Updated Oct. 9, 2001 12:19 a.m. ET

NEW YORK -- As the U.S. and its allies went on the offensive in the war against terrorism Sunday, investors continued to put their money behind America's defense contractors.

Investors have rallied behind these companies since President Bush declared war on terrorism following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But until Sunday, America had only fought back with words and threats. Now the U.S. and her allies have pulled out their guns, and the real need for weaponry has come to fruition.